In the 1980s, the San Francisco Bay Area was heaven for hardcore headbangers. Shunning Hollywood hairspray and image in favor of a more dangerous street appeal, the Bay Area thrash metal scene was home to "Exodus," "Metallica," "Testament," "Possessed," "Death Angel," "Heathen," "Vio-Lence," "Attitude Adjustment," Forbidden," and "Blind Illusion" and served as a second home to like-minded similar bands like "Slayer," "Mercyful Fate," "Anthrax," "Megadeth," and more. Beginning as teenagers taking snapshots of visiting heavy metal bands during the 1970s, Brian "Umlaut" Lew and Harald "O."...